The 'new' Office

Last night was the star of a new generation of The Office. The Thursday night comedy on NBC ended its contract with Steve Carell who played Michael Scott the boss of the boss of The Office. The show started off focusing around Steve Carell. HOwever throughout the seasons other character stories and relationships have been a greater focus of the show. With the departure of Michael Scott the show will lose a strong character but now there will be even more focus on supporting actor roles. There is no new boss yet and the show is going through a period of time where many different people want to become the new manager. The show has ended a period of comedy but has opened up a great opportunity for many possibilities.

Fast 5 - and the problem with squeals

Last week I attended the midnight showing of Fast 5 starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. The movie is the 5th of the Fast and Furious series, and although the series is not meant to be a continuing series the franchise uses a pool of actors and actresses. I am a die hard Fast and Furious fan, despite the inconsistencies throughout the franchise, Fast 5 did not disappoint. I was entertained throughout the entire film and think this film is the most perfected out of all 5. However even though this film was the most fun to watch, Im starting to have a problem with squeals now. Film franchises are poping up like no other and nearly half the films that come out are squeals or prequels. Often these films attempted to take just the good themes from the original and expand on them in a way that causes to focus on the main point of the movie. In the new Fast 5 there was a big focus on the dialogue and relationships between the characters. The franchise first created off of cars and racing and over time with the addition of more and more squeals the franchise has lost its foundation.

Books to Movies

Las week there was a Harry Potter marathon on ABC family and it got me thinking about how books are turned into movies. For example the Harry Potter series are based off lengthy novels filled with settings, characters, descriptions, and a plot. This making the movie making process much easier, however it also can greatly change an author's point. Kafka never wanted a picture of a bug on his cover beacuse he did not want people to imagine what the bug looked like. But JK Rowelling allowed for WB to give an life to her franchise.

Conformity at The Buckley School pt1

Conformity varies from place to place. At an institution such as The Buckley School conformity for a higher education. However students tend to conform among with each other. At times conformity at Buckley can be good or bad. Depending on a student's grade level he/she will conform to certain people and ideas. Being a 2nd semester senior I have seen many kids conform to a much more relaxed state of mind like a majority of their peers. Conformity at any school is very high because younger people will always conform to what their friends are doing. Conformity can often not always be for the best.

Intro

Conformity is a very abstract subject that varies among different parts of the world and changes over time making it a very complex topic that is constantly being debated. Conformity begins with society and the first societies that conformity can be traced back to the second century where the first know prints of the bible can be found. Currently conformity varies around the world throughout different cultures, religions, and generations.

Essay Idea

For my essay I want to disscuss why conformity changes. I plan on interviewing various people from different generations and make connections and understand why conformity changes. In addition I want to use literature to correlate it how conformity in literature changes along with society.

Essay and Conformity

For my essay I want to analyze the change in conformity and WHY conformity changes.

I think depending on the class students will or will not conform. For example if a student was taking an AP course they need to conform to collegebord standards. There is a nation wide exam at the end of the year every student takes thus they must all conform. In a philosophy class with Mr. Beam students don't conform since it is a free thinking theory class. It has a more flexible syllabus and promotes non conformity.